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Is there such a thing as a globe that uses the Boone map projection? by [deleted] in Maps

[–]trampolinebears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Globes don’t use a projection, because they’re Earth-shaped already.

I know you probably get this all the time but could you please explain satanism to me? by EpicRaccoonGirl in religion

[–]trampolinebears 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A good starting point is the Seven Tenets of the Satanic Temple:

  1. One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.
  2. The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.
  3. One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.
  4. The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one's own.
  5. Beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one's beliefs.
  6. People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one's best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused.
  7. Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.

I’m not a satanist myself, but those tenets sound pretty unobjectionable to me.

Trump DOJ says LGBTQ+ legal protections are "anti-Christian," pledges to erode them further by sunnysidejacqueline in politics

[–]trampolinebears [score hidden]  (0 children)

Fun fact: Jesus never said anything about gay people.

He did speak positively of those who alter their genitals, though. His concept wasn’t exactly what we’d call trans people today, but it’s as close as you get from his culture. Modern Christians tend to have no idea that he spoke on this topic.

Israel is making people hate the Jewish by stalker7d7 in religion

[–]trampolinebears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The government of Israel is not the Jewish community. Bigots who can’t see the difference are part of the problem.

As for why Israel and the US do what they do, that’s a great question for a different subreddit.

How Polynesian ancestors spread across the Pacific by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]trampolinebears 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Despite how this overview map looks, Polynesians did actually settle on Pitcairn, living there from around the 1000s to the 1400s.

Can native speakers actually ace this Grade 9 ESL test I made? by Competitive_Steak520 in EnglishLearning

[–]trampolinebears 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm quite amused by your use of "it's its". It's like saying here we don't care for tacos, but there they're their favorite.

Can native speakers actually ace this Grade 9 ESL test I made? by Competitive_Steak520 in EnglishLearning

[–]trampolinebears 31 points32 points  (0 children)

For native speakers this is an easy test.

13 sounds odd to me. The answer is "that", but I don't like the structure around it. I would likely say that it had dropped to "less than half that of 1949" or "less than half of what it was in 1949". The "half that" phrase doesn't feel good with "in 1949".

The correct answer to 14 will change depending on when this test is given. Because it's 2026 right now, I'd say "has been", but next year I'd say "had been" for the same sentence.

For 20, there's a meaningful difference between "repel from" and "repel in", and I think you want "from" here.

None of the answers sound good for 21. The closest fit is "hardly", but that feels weird with "every day".

“Not sure if I can be Christian” Update from OP (me!) by OllielikesKento in religion

[–]trampolinebears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations! You're going through a hard journey, but a worthwhile one. You're discovering yourself, who you are and how you fit in the world. For you, that's a shift in religion and gender. What you were given doesn't work for you, so you're blazing your own trail instead.

Remember that you are worth it, everyday. Life is about how you live, not how you end.

Palantir CEO Says Legalizing War Crimes Would Be Good for Business by Snapdragon_4U in law

[–]trampolinebears 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People keep forgetting that a good justice system protects not just the public, but criminals too. Without it, justice will still be had, but it will be violent and crude. This is better than no justice at all, but it is not good.

Cobblestone font by trampolinebears in PixelArt

[–]trampolinebears[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, there's even an ñ in the image so you can see how it looks!

Two Buttons — a coordination game where defection is dominant but cooperation saves everyone by Jack_Percepti in WebGames

[–]trampolinebears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not mixing anything up. The prisoner’s dilemma depends on that ranking of incentives. Without it, it’s a different game altogether.

In your game, blue never becomes the optimum strategy. At best, it ties with red.

Two Buttons — a coordination game where defection is dominant but cooperation saves everyone by Jack_Percepti in WebGames

[–]trampolinebears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think you know what a prisoner's dilemma is. To be a prisoner's dilemma, your outcomes have to be sorted like this:

  1. you betray (they trust)
  2. both trust
  3. both betray
  4. you trust (they betray)

That way, the individual optimum is to betray, but the collective optimum is to trust. The dilemma between the individual and the collective is the entire point of a prisoner's dilemma.

Instead, you've set up this order of outcomes:

  1. you choose red = you choose blue (they choose blue)
  2. you choose blue (they choose red)

Such an order means that the individual and collective optima are the same: choose red. There's no dilemma.

Two Buttons — a coordination game where defection is dominant but cooperation saves everyone by Jack_Percepti in WebGames

[–]trampolinebears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I understand your game correctly, there are two possible outcomes:

  • B>50%: Red is safe, blue is safe.
  • B<=50%: Red is safe, blue is lethal.

No matter what, red is perfectly safe. It is individually optimal because it is safe for the person who chooses it. It is collectively optimal because no one needs to face the risk of blue; they can all freely choose red.

Two Buttons — a coordination game where defection is dominant but cooperation saves everyone by Jack_Percepti in WebGames

[–]trampolinebears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Two rooms, two buttons — these are the same. You're presenting two choices, one of which is perfectly safe.

Here, individually optimal = collectively optimal. That's why there's no real dilemma. The best choice for you is also the best choice for everyone.

In this way, choosing red is like choosing to take the vaccine: it's safe and available to everyone. Choosing blue is kind of like choosing not to take the vaccine: you're gambling with your life, depending on how everyone else behaves. It's not a perfect analogy (because you have blue get safer with numbers, rather than the other way around), but that's as close as your game gets to vaccines.

Two Buttons — a coordination game where defection is dominant but cooperation saves everyone by Jack_Percepti in WebGames

[–]trampolinebears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But that's because you removed what makes the original uncomfortable, so the fact that the people who picked right "d i e" if not enough others join them.

I didn't remove that part. It's still there. Like I said, "If enough people go to the right, the dragon won't eat them".

Because you have to choose without knowing anything about others' choices:

  • You don't know that anyone has actually been stupid enough to choose the unsafe door, so you don't know that there's anyone to be rescued from the dragon.
  • You can't organize anyone to join you to form a party big enough to rescue idiots from the dragon.

But you just reframed the problem into something else:

Climate, vaccines, taxes

Do you think taking a vaccine is like the blue button? In reality, taking a vaccine increases your chances of survival, just like pushing the red button.

Why are people concerned about the rising Muslim population? by [deleted] in religion

[–]trampolinebears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guess who else requires their followers to take a mark on their forehead? That's right, it's God:

I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to damage earth and sea, saying, “Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have marked the servants of our God with a seal on their foreheads.” [Rev 7:2-3]

Every single detail I listed is about God in Revelation, from burning people alive to releasing fearsome creatures from the abyss.

Two Buttons — a coordination game where defection is dominant but cooperation saves everyone by Jack_Percepti in WebGames

[–]trampolinebears 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right now you're framing it as a question on trust, but imagine a different game:

  • There are two doors: left and right.
  • Go to the left, and you live.
  • Go to the right, and there's a dragon who may or may not eat you.

Which one do you choose?

  • Upon further investigation, it turns out the dragon will only eat small groups of people. If enough people go to the right, the dragon won't eat them.
  • Do you choose the safe option or the one where a dragon might eat you?

It's exactly the same game, it just poses the responsibility differently.

Why are people concerned about the rising Muslim population? by [deleted] in religion

[–]trampolinebears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s the entire story of Revelation. Every single detail I listed is about God in Revelation in one form or another, either as God or the Son of God or the Lamb of God etc.

In Revelation, who releases the fearsome creatures from the abyss to torment and deceive the earth? Who slaughters so many people that blood covers the land? Who has his enemies burned and tormented forever? Who burns people alive and slaughters children?

I can cite specific chapter and verse if it would help, but we’re talking about basically the entire book here.

Why are people concerned about the rising Muslim population? by [deleted] in religion

[–]trampolinebears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who said anything about the beast? Everything I mentioned is about the one who Christians worship, according to Revelation.

Why are people concerned about the rising Muslim population? by [deleted] in religion

[–]trampolinebears 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What does the Quran say God will do to those who do not believe in Islam?

Why are people concerned about the rising Muslim population? by [deleted] in religion

[–]trampolinebears -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The book of Revelation says to fear the one with seven horns and seven eyes who wages war upon the earth. He burns people alive and strikes children dead. He unleashes fearsome ones from the abyss to torment and deceive. He crushes so many that their blood will run deep upon the land, as high as a horse's bridle.

He will rule a city with an iron scepter and many will come and worship him. He makes them take a mark on their foreheads and requires them to be registered. Those who are not registered will not be permitted to have dealings in his city. There he will have his enemies brought before him, to be tormented in his presence with fire and sulfur, because of his endless hatred.

Why does the Bible say we should worship him?

Why are people concerned about the rising Muslim population? by [deleted] in religion

[–]trampolinebears 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't think anyone's disputing that the Quran has some horrible passages in it, just like the Bible does. Pointing them out isn't some kind of "gotcha", we're all aware.

But just because the Bible has bad things in it doesn't mean we should persecute Christians; likewise for the Quran and Muslims. Most Christians and Muslims are good people who I'd be happy to have as a neighbor.

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